Multiple spooler.



G. A. CLARK.

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Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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-Ambler, in the county of Montgomery and .UNITED STA'lIljIS PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE A. CLARK, OF AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO KEASBEY 6r MATTISON COMPANY, or AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA,

MULTIPLE A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOLEB.

Sp eeifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented-March 23, 1909.

Application filed. March 8, 1906. Serial No. 303,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon A. CLARK, of

State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple Spoolers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a multiple spooler which I have invented and which I employ especially in the process of spinning asbestos fibers. But it will be understood that my invention may be employed in spinning other fibers to which it is ada ted.

In the spinning of asbestos it has heretofore been customary to card the asbestos fibers in a carding engine producing an asbestos fleece. 'lhe fleece is then divided into ribbons or slivers which, after passing through rub-rolls, are wound simultaneously upon a single large spool capable of usrnilly carrying some .20 or 30 slivers. lhis spool is then transferred to an ordinary mule and the slivers drawn therefrom are spun into asbestos yarn. Owing to the breakage and consequentwaste which is inevitable to the spinning of so 'ragile a sliver as oneof asbestos, I have discovered that it is much more advantageous, and entirely practicable, to spin asbestos upon .o. sunning frame.: Certain other advantages a so result from this process which need not be here described. But in order to make use of the spinning frame, itis essential that each sliver be individually spooled upon its own separate spool; and for this purpose I have invented the multiple spooler which 1 will now describe, by which 1 find that it is possible to successfully take up and separate y spool the slivers as they proceed from the carding engine and rub-.rolls.

in the accompanyiu-g'drawings, Figure l. i is an elevation of a multi )lc spooler constructed in zu-cordancc wit] my invention.

the view being taken from the direction m 1 will term this the rear of the machine, because of the fact that it is in immediate proximity to the rub-rolls so th..l it is most remote from the operator. Fig. II, is a front elevation of tiresome. Fig. ll 1, is a side elevation of the l same, showing the left hand end of Fig. l. l Figs. l\', and V, are details of small parts to be hereinafter referred to. i

The machine is constructed with two i standards 1, 1, between which are journaled SlX feed rolls 2, 2, each similar to the other,

and running from one side of the machine to at. which the slivers issue from the rulH'olls,

these feed rolls are arranged in two superimposed banks or tiers standing at an angle of about 45 degrees, with three rolls in each banlt. At one side of the machine the proecting axle of each feed roll carries a pinion 3, and between the pinions 3, of each bank intermediate gems 4, 4, are interposed, all meeting so as to cause all of the feed rollers of each bank to rotate in the same direction. For the purpose of coordinating the rotation of the rollers of the upper and lower banks, one of the gears 4, of the upper bank carries upon its shaft 0. pulle 5, connected by a crossed belt with a. pul ey 6, on the shaft of one of the feed rolls 0! the lower bank, thereby insuring the simultaneous driving of all six of the feed rolls in the same direction. The entire series of rolls may conveniently be driven from the pulley 7, mounted upon the same shaft which carries the pulley 6.

The standards of the machine are united at intervals by cross-bars 14. corresponding in number to the feed rolls upon which are supported at appropriate intervals sets of curved brackets S, and projecting u from each-of these brackets are uprights 9, having grooves 10, in the opposite sides thereof, which provide a series of open bearings for the spools 12. these spools 12, are pro vided with short projecting axles fitted to enter the grooves of the uprights 9, and are also non-flanged so that when placed in the open bearings. they rest free y upon the surface of the feed roll beneath; and it will be understood that as they are spooled with s iver, and thus increased in size, they are still driven peripherally b the feed roll at a constant rate of speed so that even though the. spools be of diT'ereut sizes on account of dif erent quantities of sliver carried by them, as seen in the top row of Fig. l, the rate at which they tai'e up the sliver will remain constant. For the purpose of more effectually driving the spools. the surfaces of the feed rolls 2. may'bc clothed with rubber, vhamois. sand paper. or other appropriate clothing.

My machine is additionally provided with a multiple guiding device which will now be described. This consists of a series of SIX transverse guide rods 15, one supported in near proximity to the rear of each one of the feed rolls by slide ways provided in extensions 16, of the two terminal brackets which overhang that roll. At one end all of the six slide rods 15, are united by the frame 17, which is irregularly shaped as seen in Fig. III, in order to accomodate itself to the banked arrangement of the feed rolls. Attached to this frame 17, is a slide bar 18, resting in ap ropriate slide ways 19, in the standards 0 the machine. 'lhe standards also carry a companion slide bar 20, resting in slide ways 21, the two being connected by the lever 22, which is intermediately pivoted at 23. For the purpose of imparting to the six rods 15, a simultaneous motion of reciprocation, the bar 20,

carries a projecting pin 24, which is engaged by the cam groove 25, on the roller 26, which is driven by a sprocket wheel 27, and a sprocket chain 28, from the shaft of the lowermost pinion 4.

1n the rear of the spools there are adjustably mounted upon the guide rods 15, thread guides 31, one such guide corresponding to each spool and occupying a similar position in relation thereto. Between these thread guides 31, the slivers from the rub-rolls pass and by the simultaneous reciprocatory motion im arted to them feed the thread between t 1e spool and its supporting feed roll with the motion of reciprocation usual in all spooling processes.

As a result of the construction above set v forth the. sheets of slivers as they come from the rub rolls, s )read out and are led simultanei'iusly to the spools in a substantially horizontal direction without any appreciable bending. i

The operation of the machine will be i readily understood from the description which has been given. It is substantially continuous for as each spool becomes tilled with sliver it is removed separately from the machine and re )laced with an mpty spool without waste oi material. From the spools the sliver is spun upon the spinning frame,

but with this part of the operation my present invention is not concerned.

llaving thus described my invention, I claim: I

1. In a multiple spooler, the combination of 'a plurality of vertically d isposcd u pwardl yinclined tiers of horizontal feed rolls journalcd in side standards: means for driving so d feed rolls simultaneously in the same direction and at the same rate of speed; cross bars uniting the side frames and extending parallel uith llufccd'rolls; a series of brackets mounted on cach of the cross bars providing bearings and some of said brackets having extensions; 21 series of spools having axles held in said bearings; guide rods passin through said extensions; a series of threa guides on each uide rod; and means for reciprocating sai guide rods.

2. [n a multiple spooler, the combination of a frame comprising a pair of side standards; a plurality of vertically dis )osed upwardly inclined tiers of parallel horizontal feed rolls jourualed in said side standards; an irregular frame having portions inclined to correspond to the inclined tiers of feed rolls; guide rods in proximity to each of the feed rolls secured to the inclined portions of said irregular frame; thread guides carried by said guide rods: a series of cross bars uniting the standards and located parallel to the feed cross bar, and provided with open bearings, some of said brackets havin extensions through which the guide rods s ide; a series of spools with their peripheries resting upon the feed rolls, and their axles held in said bearings; a slide bar secured to said irregular frame and mounted in said standards; and mechanism operatively connected with said bar to reciprocate said rods and thread guides, the arrangement being such that the material to be spooled is spread out and fed simultaneously to the spools in a substan tially horizontal direction without any appreciable bending.

3. .In a multiple spooler, the combination of a frame comprising a pair of side standards each having a series of steps for the reception of journal lwarings; a plurality; of upwardly inclined vcrtically disposed tiers of horizontal feed rolls: said rolls being journaled at each end in said bearings; means for driving said food rolls simultaneously in the same direction and at the same rate of speed; a series of said feed rolls; a leciprocatory guide I'()( proximity to each feed roll; thread guides carried by said guide rods; and means for reciprocating said uide rods, the arrangement being such that the material to be spooled is fed simultaneously to the spools in a substantially horizontal direction without any appreciable bcndin In testimony whereof, Y have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania this first day of March 1906.

} GEORGE (LARK.

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